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The song's music video was directed by Rihanna's regular director, Anthony Mandler,[1] and filmed in July 11-13, 2007. in a nightclub in Prague, the Czech Republic.[2] The video was digitally released on iTunes on July 26, 2007.[3] It was uploaded on Rihanna's Vevo channel on YouTube on November 21, 2009.[4]
In the video, Rihanna and two friends get out of a yellow taxi in Bělehradská 120, Prague to go at a nightclub and they enter a candy store where a boy is standing with his mother. Rihanna tells the boy not to tell anyone where they are going, and the singer and her friends sneak into the back of the store (where there is a secret nightclub entrance). The narrative is intercut with Rihanna singing the song against a wall and dancing in the club. After she enters the club, she checks her makeup in a restroom as she sings.
Rihanna returns to the dance floor for the chorus, dancing and singing with her friends. Her fellow club-goers clap along with the sample from "Wanna Be Startin' SomethinTemplate:'". VH1's Christopher Rosa ranked the video 18th on his list of Rihanna's 20 sexiest videos: "This dance-by-numbers song gets a facelift with its brisk, energetic video featuring R as the undisputed queen of the clubs".[5]
- ↑ "Don't Stop the Music – Rihanna". MTV Videos. http://www.mtv.com/videos/rihanna/179697/dont-stop-the-music.jhtml.
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- ↑ "iTunes – Music Videos – "Don't Stop the Music" by Rihanna". January 2007. https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/dont-stop-the-music/id260829367.
- ↑ "Rihanna – Don't Stop the Music". Vevo. YouTube. November 21, 2009. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd8jh9QYfEs.
- ↑ Rosa, Christopher (February 20, 2015). "Rihanna's 20 Sexiest Music Videos Ranked". VH1. https://www.vh1.com/news/50b43x/rihanna-sexiest-videos.